Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-01-15
CITY AND DISTRICT.
Points from Judge WacArfhnr.s Ad.
dress ~ All souls Church.

Hon. Arthur Macarthur delivered lecture at
Al Souls church Wednesday evening, on sIndus-
trial Education" a brief synopsis OF which was
publishedin Thursdays STAR
This Is the first time Judge Macarthur has adj
dressed the people OF Washington on the subject.
and the lecture had not previously been delivered
except at Round Lake. v. Y. where he was in
vited 70 deliver an address last summer.
He advocated workshop practice In connection
With the pubic schools, not for the purpose of
teaching any particular trade but as part OF gen.
eTai education he said: We do not propose to
make the pupil In the public schools carpenter,
or blacksmith, or an engineer but we desire 20
develop his faculties, to give him manual akin 10
make MIN acquainted with the properties OF such
common substances as wood iron leather: 20
teach the hand and eye to work in unison. no
accustom him 10 exact measurements TO make
MIN familiar with the strength and weakness OF
how, by the use OF tools 10 produce the real
.oAngS which the drawing represents; In a word,
20 give him
INTELLIGENT HANDS
a. vel as Intelligent brains. This kind Of manual
training can be given In connection with the ordi-
nary school studies that all the faculties Of the
children over a certain age can be usefully exer-
cfsed. The exercise OF the manual powers Is the
supplement- IN those OF the mind. OF all the
modes OF teaching the young manual training is
Tho most simple and the best adapted To their in
oalculable advantage to children 10 learn practi-
caly TO apply their lessons In mathematics, science
and drawing TO the principles that guide the DIFF
ferent occupations OF Industrial art and TO be In
structed In some knowledge OF working machinery,
such as the lathe and In the use OF ordinary tools
such as the square and the chisel Hands as well
as heads need education. Their action and func-
ton are reciprocal Manual training La school
workshops provides the connecting link between
books and tools, between abstract rules and the
reality OF things: IL serves 10 form industrious
habits early In fife, teaches
THE DIGNITY OF LABOR
by example rather than by inflated defamation,
young men with pale faces and thin legs and
provides children with a power to work in wood
or metals which will be great aid To thousands
who are thrown upon their own resources in our
0Ky. perseverance and ali the manly qualities OF
mind and body are developed The workshops
the high school There should be no idea OF teach
ing trade, nor OF making articles for sale. Trade
schools must be lett at present TO private enter
prise. The pupils should be arranged in classes
According TO pedagogic method The grand secret
Of manual training Is that il makes The exercise
OF the senses and those OF the mind serve to re-
fresh and forttfy each other. Drawing Is essen-
t1al element In Industrial education. The sch0l-
ars instructed In these
RCDNESTs OF HANDICRAFT
are not obliged to become mechanics. II they
have no taste or Inclination for tools and work
shops, but prefer situation In some store where
they can wear q black coat and a monumental
shirt collar. they follow their DESIRE but most
Of the pupils win fnd that they are fitted for
something better.
Our own children are refused the privilege OF
learning our industries by foreigners A boy was
refused admission into a workshop where there
were SO artisans OF foreign birth. Why should our
own children be aliens in their own country? We
are sensitive about the Monroe doctrine while the
subjects OF other nations land upon our shores In
greater numbers than the GOthS and Huns that
overwhelmed Southern Europe in the early ages,
and they generally join society which excludes
the American from learning a trade Where man.
ual training has been made a part of public in
struction, IL has met with success, as in Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Chicago. where move
ments In that direction have been made TO q nnl-
TIED extent. In Boston
TIE SHOP ROOM
has been situated in the basement Of the public
Latin and high school. with girls cooking school
not far on After giving some details OF what is
required TO enyraft the system upon our public
school routine, he closed with an eloquent eulo-
gum upon this new theory OF education, which, IL
adopted, Will produce grander fruits than all
elder systems have revealed or recorded and which
VIII elevate the arts and supply the material
wants OF man, minister 70 the aspirations OF the
soul, and redeem labor from the primeval curse
tneO one Of Gods greatest blessings TO mankind.
A vote OF thanks was rendered the speaker at
the close Of the lecture.